Controversial Remote Broadcasts Returning to NASCAR
What’s Happening? The CW Network, the exclusive provider of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, will debut its remote broadcasts this weekend. The…
NASCAR Analyst Jamie McMurray opened up on how he feels about the CW’s Remote Race Broadcasts on this week’s episode of Door Bumper Clear. The former Daytona 500 Champion explained the value that the network and its broadcasters find in the controversial production method.
Fans were disappointed when the CW announced they were doing a remote broadcast for multiple races in 2025, including this past Saturday’s race at Homestead Miami Speedway. While other networks and Series have done so in the past, fans mostly regard these remote broadcasts, in which the booth is off-location from the track, as low quality.
However, in his guest host appearance on Dirty Mo Media’s Door, Bumper, Clear, McMurray explained what goes into this production and how it can be even more helpful than being at the track. McMurray opened up by stating that while they enjoy being at the track, the tools in a studio designed for this type of broadcasting are far more beneficial to the quality of the broadcast than being able to watch the race at the track.
“I feel like fans think that we want to be at the track,” McMurray said. “And we do like to be at the track. I don’t want to take anything away from that. But the tools that we have at the studio here in Concord are better than what we have at the track. The monitors, everything that we have is better.”
This addresses some fan concerns about the production quality; NASCAR’s new production facility and “extended reality stage” in Concord assist in the broadcasts and make sure that as few corners are cut as possible. McMurray also addresses how this format can be beneficial, though some fans feel like the networks are doing this to save money.
“When you do a race, even from the racetrack, you don’t look out the window,” McMurray said. “You can, and you can talk about stuff that people can’t see on TV, but if they can’t see it on TV, they don’t know what you’re talking about.”
What’s Happening? The CW Network, the exclusive provider of the NASCAR Xfinity Series, will debut its remote broadcasts this weekend. The…
While the CW did say how many exactly, McMurray gives fans an idea of what they could be off-site for in 2025.
McMurray also feels that they are achieving a “good balance” of races on site this season. This includes the 10-race summer stretch when the Cup Series is on Amazon Prime Video and TNT Sports, but it appears that the CW is drawing the line at road courses.
“But the road races, road course tracks, there’s no reason to go to the track,” McMurray said. “Because you can’t see anything. I mean COTA, you could see like one second of the racetrack, and you’re just looking at the monitor, which is what we’re gonna do anyway.”
This year, the Xfinity Series will have seven road course races; however, we can more than likely expect the CW to go to a total of three. The CW was on site for COTA, Mexico City is on the list for the aforementioned summer stretch, and finally, the Roval, which is in Concord but could go either way.
While fans were disappointed in this decision, McMurray is seemingly endorsing yet reassuring fans that NASCAR and the CW are still focused on high-quality productions. Perhaps McMurray’s comments are signs of good things to come.
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